52. The fact that Hard Rock Hell is held at a Pontins holiday camp that once provided the setting for an On The Buses movie.

53. The fact that an ex-EastEnders actor could end up fronting the Heavy Metal Kids, however briefly.54. Taking American things, making them ‘better’, then selling them back to Americans like they were ours: Led Zeppelin songs, Jimi Hendrix, rock’n’roll…

Jay JayAs an American I find this list is.......................................totally fantastic!!! I love it, great list. Humorous but very very truthful. I have mostly preferred British musicians to their American counterparts. Don't get me wrong I love a lot of what my country has offered musically. But it seems the Brits bring much more to the table when it comes to rock, hard rock, metal, and blues. Great post!!

Mandyl wrote:62. Rory Gallagher - checked shirt, sweaty, battered strat - 'thanks a million, hope you like this next one, this is called.....'

rory should definitely be among those 60 reasons! i guess they went for more popular acts although if that was a criteria i'm surprised (but pleased) that saxon are on the list.

No reason at all why Rory should be on that list.. As he is after all not British.. but a very proud IRISHMAN

RORY GALLAGHER ~ THE 1ST IRISH ROCKSTAR

As an American with no English or Irish lineage at all, please pardon my ignorance, but is Irish a subset of British? Even though the two countries are side by side, and share a common heritage, is it proper to refer to someone from Ireland as being British? I thought as a rule of thumb everyone from the island on the left was Irish and everyone from the island on the right was British?

And as a citizen of the country that gave the world Robert Johnson, Buddy Holly, Carl Perkins, Muddy Waters, and Elvis Presley I can accept the rest of the list.